Winners of a 2021 Polk Award and a 2022 Edward R. Murrow Award
The Investigative Reporting Program, led by four-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Barstow, is a professional newsroom and teaching institute at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. We are committed to reporting stories that expose injustice and abuse of power while training the next generation of journalists in the highest standards of our craft.
Featured Projects
American Insurrection
Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the threat posed by militia groups, white supremacists and other extremist groups.
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Read our investigative story, "How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War," on ProPublica.
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Aging in America
Aging in America
The barriers that prevent older adults from living with greater dignity and independence
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
A boy's murder and the subsequent trials prompt questions about the system's protection of vulnerable children
California's Criminal Cops
California's Criminal Cops
Shining a light on policing and misconduct
Election 2020
Election 2020
Scrutinizing the integrity of the vote across California
Chronicling Covid
Chronicling Covid
How the novel coronavirus has impacted people across California
Child Welfare
Child Welfare
How misguided policies and systems fail to protect children in peril
Our People
David Barstow
Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism
David Barstow leads the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He is a former senior writer at The New York Times and the first reporter to ever win four Pulitzer Prizes.
Staff
Bernice Yeung
Managing Editor
Christine Schiavo
Local News Editor
Garrett Therolf
Reporter
Gisela Pérez de Acha
Reporter
Kathryn Hurd
Reporter
Daniel Lempres
Reporter
Rachel Mueller
Reporter
Katey Rusch
Reporter
Meg Shutzer
Reporter
Yasmin Rafiei
Reporter in Residence
Aysha Pettigrew
Director of Operations
Lowell Bergman
Founder
Student Interns:
2023 Fall Student Reporters:
Kathleen Adelle Quinn '24
Lilliana Cortes '25
Laura Fitzgerald '24
Saumya Gupta '24
Celeste Hamilton Dennis '24
Nadia Lathan '24
Grace Marion '24
Holly McDede '25
Cara Nixon '24
Kate Raphael '24
Elizabeth Santos '25
Adam Solorzano '24
Julian Wray '25
Our Partners
Our Funders
We receive major support from these foundations
The IRP was founded with a gift from Reva and David Logan, which created an endowed faculty position, the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism. The IRP offices are sponsored by a generous gift from the Heising-Simons Foundation to the University of California, which allowed the university to purchase a building for the IRP and The Daily Californian.
Individual donors also provide major program support and have long been the base of our funding.
If you are interested in supporting the IRP, donations can be given to specific programs or general operations.
Learn More About Us
Contact IRP
Investigative Reporting Program
Graduate School of Journalism
2481 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Phone: (510) 643-1386
Email: ucberkeleyirp@berkeley.edu